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PETER CONVER AND SAMUEL ,GONVER OF vYTES CITY, ILLINOIS.

l Letters .Patent No. 72,804, lated December 31, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-PICKER.

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Be it known that we, PETER Couven and SAMUEL Couven, 'of Yates City, in the county ot Knox, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Machine frPlucking Fruit from the Trees orBushes; and we do hereby declare that' the following is a Ifull and exact description'thcreof, reference being had to the accom` `panying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of the speeiiication, in which..

Figure is a perspective view,

Figure 2 a partial section,

Figure 3 a partial section, 4and Figure 4 a partial-section.

We construct the machine by making a baise or body for it oi' some substantial material, as cast iron, brass, sheet iron, or tin, or some other proper material, of a tubular form, with a curve-in the middle, of' about fortyve degrees. The tube is? made some four inches in diameter, and 'some tive inches in length, with an eye fastened on the inside of the curve, to insert a pole or handle, as shown at letter ,in fig. 2 of the drawings, (fig. v2 being the base or body here described.) Fig. 3 represents a comb-toothedrrim, constructedto fit on the upper end of the tube, iig. 2, letter a. It is made so that i't can be removed by itting on a. ange and fasten with a hasp or some other device, as shown in accompanyingdrawings. The teeth on lthis rim may be from two to three inches in length, and'from one-halt` to one and a half inch apart, to suitsiz'c of fruit, as shown at letter e, iig.V 3; this rim to correspond in4 diameter with the'tube or base, fig. 2t Fig. 4 is a comb-toothed rim, of coarser teeth than tha-tof fig. 3, to fit on themachinc the saine, but suited for larger fruit.v We construct a bag of canvas to hold `about halt` a peck, the mouth to it on the lower end ofthe base, letter a, iig. 2, and fast# ened on, as shown in' fig.`1, lettere; also, a handle or pole, to 4fit in the eye, of suitable length to reach the fruit, of suitable'thicliness and strength tornake it carrysteady to the proper height, in using the machine in plucking fruit, is made and inserted into the eye, as shown in g. 1 of'l the drawings.

This machine, when complete, as shown in iig. l, can be used to pluck friiit of all sizes by merely changing the comb from one size or number to another, to s'uit size ot` fruit.; as, when you have u sed it witha fine comb for berriesor cherries, lyou wish` to use it for apples or peaches, you place a comb, perhaps twice as coarse as the former one, on the machine. l l

This machine can be applied successfully in almost everyl position that the fruit can be placed in on the tree or bush, as tlic under teeth will answer -to pluck thc fruit ou the top ofthe branches, the side teeth for the fruit on the sides of the branches, and the top teeth for the fruit that hangs on the under side of the limbs or branches. It may be used for all sizes ot' trees, by a change of poles, from a goosebcrry-bush to the tallest cherry or apple-troc. 'It is used by taking hold of the pole and reaching to the fruit, passing the rim of combteeth over; the fruit, then pushing'the machine forward toward the fruit, so that the stem oi' the fruit will pass between the teeth to the back end oi' the teeth, then pull till the fruit comes of?, and it rolls down the tube into the bag, shown at letter c, fig.-'1, oi` drawings. l

What weclaim asour invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut,is-

The pectinatcd crown d and body A, as formed and constructed, in combination with handle D and bag C, when all are arranged inthe'manner herein set forth and described.

' PETER. CONVER,

SAMUEL CONVER.

Witnesses:

J. O. Renna, DAVID MonnIN. 

